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2. Amendment of section 281 of Act…

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

Section 281 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act,

No. 15 of 1979 (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended by the substitution for the words, “appears to the court to be under the age of eighteen years,” of the words “is under the age of eighteen years, at the time of the commission of such offence by such person,”.